Abstract
A description is provided for Nectria crotalariae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Acacia koa, Arachis hypogaea, Carica papaya, Crotalaria anagyroides, Liriodendron tulipifera and Tephrosia vogelii. DISEASE: Causes a collar rot of Crotalaria anagyroides and Tephrosia vogelii (29, 537), and a peg, pod and root necrosis of groundnut in Georgia (USA), a disease which has been named Cylindrocladium black rot of groundnuts. The diseased groundnut plants in the field were chlorotic and wilted and exhibited blighting of the leaf tips and margins. Chlorosis and wilting of the lateral foliage were usually less extensive than those of the erect primary branches (46, 1159). Reported as causing a severe root rot on potted Liriodendron tulipifera seedlings (49, 3016). In Hawaii the pathogen has been reported to cause a collar rot of Carica papaya and Acacia koa (Nishijima & Aragaki, 1973). On Carica papaya the diseased seedlings were characterized by stunting, chlorosis or loss of leaves and rotting of the collar region and crown roots. In glasshouse tests 5 cultivars of flue-cured tobacco proved to be highly susceptible to the pathogen while from 4 cultivars of cotton not visibly infected, the pathogen was isolated from roots (Rowe & Beute, 1973). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Hawaii, Sri Lanka and USA. TRANSMISSION: The pathogen is soil-borne.